Nafe (Kwamera)

v.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v intr

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v/a

Speaker: Martial wahe

v

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ne crimpe pas

Speaker: Martial wahe

degacher je vais couper la route.

(Bislama) kamaot mi katem road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v manger deux chose en meme temp. ex: viande et le taro.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

va faire peter

Speaker: Martial wahe

creuser le sol

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Emoia cyanogaster via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial wahe

Scientific name: Littorinidae sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Used for cooking and lap-lap

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Myzomela sclateri, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Phyllidia elegans via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

[kostron]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Eaten ripe; children love this cultivar as it is very sweet

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Example: Stem to build house posts. Can be used to make pipe. Ripe fruits, remove nut and eat food.

Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

l’endroit, le lieu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n urine

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pleuvoir

(Bislama) dak blo ren

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ma langue

Speaker: Martial wahe

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[næhɨr] n.

Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.

Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nata he] n.

Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nakatirew] n.

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napurnapur] n.

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[niŋ] n.

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can mak

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

la force

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nuas]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Ornamental plant. Known to be poisonous.

Scientific name: Cascabela thevetia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n clair de lune

Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunɨpun]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

écume de mer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out,and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.

Scientific name: Murraya paniculata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tridacna maxima via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by leonperrie / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Thyas coronata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[rerenakwaŋ] n.

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mort de rire.

(Bislama) det laf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Chromodoris lochi via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Hypselodoris tryoni via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

Example: When cooked, as with many yams, children love to eat this variety as it is soft and sweet

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cordiline fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tʰãmijen] n.

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe